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Veteran cabinet minister Michael Gove has been awarded a peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list.

A "skunk-smoking" mother who murdered her two young sons in the bath while in a psychotic state has been jailed for life with a minimum term of more than 21 years.

The director of hit BBC period drama Wolf Hall says the government "needs to have enough guts to stand up to the bully in the White House" to protect the future of public service broadcasting.

Rebekah Vardy has lost an appeal after claiming Coleen Rooney's lawyers "deliberately" understated some of their client's costs during the "Wagatha Christie" libel case.

A US author - the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner - has been shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

A new Universal theme park in Bedfordshire has been confirmed on what Sir Keir Starmer hailed as a "momentous" day for the UK.

Hundreds of barber shops and other cash-heavy businesses have been targeted in a three-week money laundering blitz.

A nursery worker has been charged with the manslaughter of a 14-month-old boy in the West Midlands.

Tommy Robinson is challenging his sentence for contempt of court on compassionate grounds, claiming his segregation in prison means he can't "regulate his emotions".

A serial criminal who murdered a stranger after being refused a cigarette has been jailed for at least 16 years after being prosecuted under special double jeopardy laws.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the government will debate emergency legislation on Saturday to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open as "our economic and national security is on the line".

A family of five Spanish tourists, including three children, have been killed in a helicopter crash in New York City.

A former ballerina who spent more than a year in a Russian jail for donating £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine has returned home to the US after being freed in a prisoner exchange.

An elite Mexican police officer from its so-called "Gringo Hunters" unit has been shot dead by a fugitive they were trying to arrest.

The defence secretary has said that 2025 is "the critical year" for Ukraine as he confirmed £450m in funding for a military support package.

Prince Harry has visited war victims in Ukraine as part of his work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson has said.

The defence secretary has said that 2025 is "the critical year" for Ukraine as he confirmed £450m in funding for a military support package.

Veteran cabinet minister Michael Gove has been awarded a peerage in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list.

We've been waiting for a while for the Office for National Statistics to deliver us some good news on the British economy - and today it came.

Sir Keir Starmer needs to reassure the public more over tariffs - and tell them Donald Trump is wrong, Harriet Harman has said.

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he swallowed the jewellery worth nearly £600,000 during his arrest, US police have said.

The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the year in New Zealand.

ChatGPT's new image-generation tool led to a record number of users in April, forcing OpenAI's boss to beg people to "chill out a bit".

It was going to be the revivifying event the video games industry desperately needed - instead, thanks to Donald Trump's tariffs, the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 is experiencing a troubled birth. 

Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has met Vladimir Putin for talks in Russia - as the US president called on Moscow to "get moving" with ending the war in Ukraine.

A US author - the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner - has been shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the government will debate emergency legislation on Saturday to keep the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe open as "our economic and national security is on the line".

"Liberation Day" just gave way to Capitulation Day.

Sir Keir Starmer needs to reassure the public more over tariffs - and tell them Donald Trump is wrong, Harriet Harman has said.